With `Abdu'l-Bahá's ascension, and more particularly with the passing of His well-beloved
and illustrious sister the Most Exalted Leaf--the last
survivor of a glorious and heroic age--there draws
to a close the first and most moving chapter of
Bahá'í history, marking the conclusion of the
Primitive, the Apostolic Age of the Faith of
Bahá'u'lláh.